Diane Ackerman Quotes
There is a furnace in our cells, and when we breathe we pass the world through our bodies, brew it lightly, and turn it loose again, gently altered for having known us.
Quotes to Explore
-
My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.
-
In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
-
I've been disappointed by so many movie stars that I've seen, and they go out and they don't do it up, you know. And they don't - I just get so disappointed.
-
My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
-
The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
-
I'm not attached to things at all. I'm very lucky to have quite a few beautiful things, but if I look back at my life, I was often happiest when I had very little.
-
'Dhruva' will have them glued to their seats throughout, and I'm sure of that.
-
I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
-
I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
-
An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.
-
I've been working straight since 2003, so I might just want to take an improv or theater class. That excites me. I can't wait to do different characters - not necessarily the leading chick who gets the guy, but the weird, freaky cousin.
-
The condition of rage is one in which I find myself starting my day - once I see the news headlines.
-
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
-
My father cared about the world he lived in, and so he admitted his confusion about his place in America because he didn't want me to make the same mistake in my life.
-
I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are smarter than myself.
-
I am a medium. In the same way, doctors are mediums to bring treatment.
-
I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
-
I don't mind being the center of attention as a character but in real life it's not for me.
-
I don't find these technical things like flowers and chocolates romantic at all. I think Valentine's Day makes no sense.
-
I grew up in Yorkshire, which is like the Texas of Britain. It's a proud free state and not always liked by the other counties in Britain.
-
In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.
-
My favorite place in the world is the Harry Potter tour near London.
-
We're not alt-right, and we're not old-school, National-Review-boring Right - we're aggressive. We're in a meme world - we're in a world where you have to be catchy, punchy.
-
There is a furnace in our cells, and when we breathe we pass the world through our bodies, brew it lightly, and turn it loose again, gently altered for having known us.
